Bildnummer: 55049146 Datum: 15.03.2011 Copyright: imago/Xinhua (110321) -- LANZHOU, 21 marzo 2011 (Xinhua) -- foto scattata il 15 marzo 2011 mostra il villaggio di Liqian della contea di Yongchang, provincia del Gansu della Cina nordoccidentale. Ci sono circa quaranta abitanti del villaggio dall'aspetto occidentale che vivono nel villaggio di Liqian di Yongchang, che, concluso da alcuni esperti e storici, sono i discendenti dell'esercito romano nei tempi antichi. Anche se gli abitanti del villaggio dissero di non aver mai viaggiato fuori dalla contea, adoravano i tori e il loro gioco preferito era simile alla danza degli antichi romani. Alcuni antropologi

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Bildnummer: 55049146 Datum: 15.03.2011 Copyright: imago/Xinhua (110321) -- LANZHOU, March 21, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 15, 2011 shows Liqian Village of Yongchang County, northwest China s Gansu Province. There are some forty western-looking villagers living in Liqian Village of Yongchang, whom, concluded by some experts and historians, are the descendants of the Roman Army in ancient times. Though the villagers said they had never traveled outside the county, they worshipped bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans bull-fighting dance. Some anthropologists are convinced the foreign-looking villagers with deep-set eyes, long and hooked noses are the descendants of the army men. In 53 B.C., ancient Roman army General Marcus Crassus was defeated and beheaded by the Parthians, a tribe occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome s eastward expansion. But a 6, 000-strong army led by Crassus s eldest son apparently escaped and were never found again. In addition, according to the record in Hanshu, or the History of the Han Dynasty, a Chinese border-defence army took part in a fight against the army in 36 B.C., whose tactics were quite similar to the legion of Roman soldiers. After the invaders were defeated by Han s army, they were settled in Yongchang under the authority of the Han government. Chinese archeologists in the 1990s found the remains of an ancient fortification in Liqian of Yongchang, a key section of the Silk Road, a 7, 000-km-long trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2, 000 years ago, which was strikingly similar to Roman defence structures. In despite of the discovery convince some anthropologists of descendants in existence, others are not so certain. In opponents opinion, the county is on the Silk Road, so there were many chances for trans-national marriages and the foreign origin of the villagers does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin. In the year of 2010, Chinese and Italian anth